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Battle lines drawn : Supreme Court bar goes to polls
There are two candidates in the run for the president of the association, Fazale Haq Abbasi and Abdul Sattar Khan
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Significant development: UNICEF sees progress in child rights
Newly-appointed Unicef representative says Pakistan has made progress in protecting and promoting the child rights
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Nov 3 emergency: Special court reserves judgement on Musharraf's plea for joint trial
Musharraf's lawyer says imposing emergency was a collective action taken in consultation with others
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Senate walkout: Opposition stages sit-in against privatisation
Hamza of PML-N joins protest; Rabbani threatens to block Constitution Avenue
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Safe recovery: Eight kidnapped men freed in Orakzai
Political agent of the agency Zubair Khan says these people were kidnapped while travelling through Marai, Orakzai
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Prize money: Malala donates $50,000 to Gaza schools
Malala was speaking in Stockholm where she received the World’s Children’s Prize
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Inquiry commission’s report: ‘Starvation not the cause of Thar deaths’
Commission holds Sindh health dept, elected representatives for fatalities in the parched district
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Allied or not allied?: Imran asks Jamaat-e-Islami to choose sides
Says govt should lower petrol prices by Rs30
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South Waziristan: Drone kills 7, including Haqqani commander
Four foreigners also among the dead; FO condemns latest attack, reiterates call of immediate cessation of campaign
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Son’s investiture: Shahi Imam invites Nawaz to succession event, snubs Modi
Urges Indian PM to apologise for the 2002 Gujarat riots
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Operation Khyber-1: Air strikes kill 20 militants, says ISPR
Five terrorist hideouts also destroyed in precise aerial strikes
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Search operation: FC seize suicide vests, explosives, rockets
Eighteen suicide vests, 4,000 kilograms explosive materials, 31 small machine guns recovered
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Agenda setting: PM orders curriculum overhaul for schools
HEC has been tasked with implementing the directives
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Bank charges: NBP pocketed Rs411m in irregular fees from passport applicants
It continues to charge the fees, says Auditor General of Pakistan’s report
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ATC judgement: Gullu Butt the vandal ends up behind bars
Judge awards 11 years and three months jail term and Rs0.1m fine
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Improving governance: No more unnecessary trips abroad, PM tells ministers
Nawaz directed ministers to stay in their offices and attend to parliamentarians
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CEC appointment: Supreme Court rebuffs Khursheed Shah’s plea
Instructs PM to appoint permanent head of ECP by November 13 .
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NA session: PPP, JI stage walkout over Nisar’s conduct
Leader of the Opposition condemned the brutal police action against the OGDCL employees
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Bomb hoax closes school
The school received three anonymous calls warning of a bomb after which it was evacuated
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Three held for carrying weapons
The police registered separate cases against the suspects
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Operation: Eleven suspects arrested
The police have registered cases against all the accused
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Global warming: Experts for immediate steps to mitigate impact
Rising sea water levels, melting glaciers, floods, droughts are the result of climate change
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Deprived province: ‘Flawed policy main obstacle in development’
Scholars urge more cooperation between federal and Balochistan govt.
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Muharram security: Drone cameras banned
The ban was imposed because helicams could also be used by terrorists to target the processions, said spokesperson
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Action on the street: Police launch campaign against beggars
A total of 302 children were also among those arrested
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Raising awareness: One in four women have breast cancer in Pakistan
Pakistan Breast Cancer Trust signs memorandum with UN.
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Sit-ins: CDA claims damages of over Rs5 million
0.6m rupees is have been claimed in damages to footpaths
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Protesting outside ECP: Police register case against PTI workers
Police have also registered two cases against OGDCL employees on charges of rioting and assaulting policemen
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Youth loan scheme: IHC issues notices to Maryam Nawaz, cabinet secretary
In a separate case AGP’s plea seeking salary raise dismissed.
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Rising disparity: Over 30m malnourished in Pakistan
Global inequality report highlights plight of lower income groups.
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Take it, we leave it: CDA makes little effort to get back land worth Rs4.6b
Over 1,800 kanals in different areas encroached upon by private housing developers.
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Couple’s murder: Suspect yet to be identified
“The killer strangled the victims, whose noses were bleeding,” said SI Muneer Ahmed
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Warnings issued: The boats sail back
The depression in the sea is visible in the tides and the boats will probably return by Tuesday evening
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Ahead Of Time: Preparations for Ashura
DC has directed the relevant officials to provide security and other facilities to the mourners during Muharram
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Holy Calling: Speaker asks saint to save from Nilofar
He claimed that, unfortunately, the right people were not working in the right places
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Whereabouts Unknown : DUHS professor missing
Kumar’s brother Avinash informed the Ibrahim Hyderi police about his brother’s disappearance
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Targeted: Man injured in grenade attack
Bomb fell around five feet away from a sabeel set up near Imambargah Wahdatul Muslimeen at Kamran Chowrangi
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Law Enforcement: Business community assured of support
Sindh Rangers says they will take every possible measure to ensure security of business community
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Currency: Rupee stable against dollar
The rupee remained stable at 102.8/103 against the dollar in the inter-bank market on Thursday
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Development partners: Dar directs EAD to share details
The minister said rehabilitation of the flood affectees and IDPs were priority areas for the government
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Inferior quality: Sindh govt seeks ban on wheat import
The federal government had allowed traders to import 1 million tons from Ukraine
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JI should decide if it’s with PTI or PML-N: Imran
He reiterated that PTI will not negotiate with PM Nawaz
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Article 245: Army to stay in capital for indefinite period
The government had invoked Article 245 on July 24 in the wake of ongoing military Operation Zarb-e-Azb
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PM’s youth loan scheme: LHC sought Maryam Nawaz’s reply
The court will resume the hearing on November 5
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Scuffle breaks out between PTI, JUI-F MPAs in K-P assembly
The assembly session had to be postponed
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Bilawal, Aseefa meet Malala in Birmingham
'Met Malala @MalalaFund to congratulate her on winning the #NobelPeacePrice,' stated Bilawal’s tweet
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Pakistan condemns US drone attack
Foreign Office reiterates Pakistan’s demand seeking immediate cessation of CIA-piloted campaign in the tribal areas
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Imran not capable of defending himself in SC: Pervaiz Rashid
Information minister requests Imran to step off his container and away from his crowds and play his role in Parliament
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Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid invites Nawaz, snubs Modi for son's anointment
Four BJP leaders, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Vice President Hamid Ansari have also been invited
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Civilians flee as army steps up Khyber offensive on Taliban
Residents say security forces are ordering them to leave while militants are urging them to stay put